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Those were used a lot on the early railroads. Called a Monkey wrench here

Ah!
That makes sense Charlie.
Richard Seddon, who was known as King Dick, was the Prime Minister here who was responsible for most of the railways being put through our country in the 1800s and early 1900s.

So it seems logical that the gangers would name a spanner, used primarily for railroad work, would name it after him.

(Well it makes sense to me anyway!)

Arent garage sales cool? I have quite a collection of simalar tool passed down from my great grandfather. Nice find!


So along the same lines I saw my neighbor getting ready for a yard sale on Friday night. I stop by to say hi and one thing leads to another and for $100.00 and payment for a lien sale I picked up this super clean 2003 Honda CR85. Have some buddies with some young boys that this might fit just perfect. Think I will talk to mom and dad and see if they would like to give it to their kids as soon as the paper work gets straightened out.

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Originally Posted by johnboy

Ah!
That makes sense Charlie.
Richard Seddon, who was known as King Dick, was the Prime Minister here who was responsible for most of the railways being put through our country in the 1800s and early 1900s.

So it seems logical that the gangers would name a spanner, used primarily for railroad work, would name it after him.

(Well it makes sense to me anyway!)

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